Tuesday, August 9, 2011

100 Days Strong: Day 83, Getting ready for tomorrow

Day 83, Tuesday, August 9th.

Tonight I'm getting ready for tomorrow. I'm going to the Indiana State Fair to work in the "Scout Legacy Area" at the fair. Our local Council has an area at the State Fair where people can come and practice some Scout skills and learn about Scouting. I'm really looking forward to it.

Weighed in this morning at 174 still. Shooting for 165. Hopefully I can get there eventually.

This is my 100 Days Strong. What's your's?

100 Days Strong: Day 82, Troop meeting night

Day 82, Monday, August 8th

Tonight was our Troop meeting. The SPL and ASPL did a great job of running it. I did 2 Scoutmaster's conferences, and 1 Scout got a Board of Review for 1st Class.

The SPL introduced our new system of electing a new ASPL. The Scouts took to it pretty good. I was a little worried about weather or not they would like the idea.

Tonight was a good night. A lot got done, and the meeting was a lot of fun to watch.

I'm still holding steady at 174 lbs. Nothing new there to announce. I just wish I could loose another pound.

This is my 100 Days Strong. What's your's?

100 Days Strong: Day 81, Troop Committee and PLC

Day 81, Sunday, August 7th

Tonight was our PLC meeting and our Troop Committee meeting.

I met with the SPL about 1/2 hour before the PLC meeting started, to go over a few things. There were several new things I wanted to introduce to the PLC, and needed to bring the SPL up to date with them. We're making some changes to the way we do some things too.

Everything went well for both meetings. The SPL did a great job of running the PLC meeting, and the Committee meeting went really well too.

One of the biggest changes that we're making is with the Troop elections. We're no longer going to be electing a new SPL each 6 months. Instead, we're going to start electing a new ASPL each 6 months. The new ASPL will serve for 6 months, and then will move up to the position of SPL when his 6 month term is finished, to then serve as SPL for the next 6 months. I got that idea from Scoutmaster Jerry. I'm really looking forward to seeing how it works.

My weight is staying steady at 174 lbs now. I just can't seem to really loose any more. I guess we'll see if I ever make my goal of getting down to 165 lbs.

This is my 100 Days Strong. What's your's?

Saturday, August 6, 2011

100 Days Strong: Day 66 through Day 80, Sometimes life just gets in the way

Day 80, Saturday, August 6th

Sometimes life just gets in the way of my Scouting. I've done a pretty good job of keeping up my blog for the last 6 months, but just recently I've been so busy I've just not been able to keep up with it.

Over the last 2 weeks I've had some really great Scouting. We had a Court of Honor on July 25th that went really great. We handed out over 90 merit badges, and had around 8 Scouts advance in rank. I'm really proud of everything they've accomplished this year.

We had a Troop campout on July 29th through the 31st too. The older Scouts worked really hard on helping the newer Scouts with their advancement. I think there were probably 5 or 6 Scouts that finished advancement requirements for their next rank, and at least 2 that made 1st Class.

We've been working really hard to bring the Troop to a state of being fully boy led. I've said for a long time that we were a boy led Troop, but after all the podcasts and blogs that I've been reading and listening to for the last 6 months, I've realized that we weren't really 100% boy led yet. I just thought we were at the time. Well, it's almost there. I've got a few more ideas that I've gotten from some of the great leaders out there that I want to see put into place, and then we should be 100% fully boy led.

My diet is another subject I want to talk about. I started out 80 days ago at 183 lbs. This morning I stepped on the scale and weighed 174 lbs. I've lost 9 lbs so far. I just can't seem to loose it fast enough. It's driving me crazy. I don't eat very much. I don't drink any soda. I really watch the type of food I eat. I try to exercise as often as I can. I think I'm doing most everything right, but still can't loose it like I want to. My goal is still to get down to 165 lbs, and I know I'll do it, but it's taking a whole lot longer than I thought it would.

I just signed up today on the Bechtel Summit website for a position of Scoutmaster for one of our contingent Troops. I went to the 2010 National Jamboree as a 1st Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 1218, so I think I have as good a chance as anyone else does. Hopefully when the Council gets around to picking Scoutmasters they'll consider me for the position.

I guess that's all I can think about writing for now, so I'll end it here.

This is my 100 Days Strong. What's your's?